Bai Yizhang said that this family dinner was for his grandson to spend the full moon, but after Wang Xiao came, he didn't even see his grandson's figure.

"I thought there would be a show like Cha Zhou." Wang Xiao complained in disappointment.

Wang Zhu turned her head speechlessly.

Wang Zhen said: "You are not here to watch the show."

"Isn't that by the way?"

After muttering this for a few words, Wang Xiao became more and more depressed when he saw that there were only a few plates of pastries on his desk.

I don’t even have food, I’m greedy for so much money, so I’m stingy.

Bai Yizhang welcomed the three of them into the hall and smiled and said, "Today, invite the three virtuous nephews to come, it is the order of the Chief Assistant."

After saying that, he was holding the tea and blew the heat, and he had no intention of entertaining.

Come here tonight, it is a political talks under the card table, and Wang Xiao is not surprised that Lu Zhengchu will come.

After waiting for a while, he was bored and wanted to explore Bai Yizhang's cunning.

"Uncle, I haven't eaten yet."

"There are pastries on the table." Bai Yizhang raised his hand and smiled: "Everyone is a relative, so the prince-consort doesn't have to be polite, just treat it as his own."

Wang Xiao pinched the pastry on the small table, which was hard and didn't know how long it took to be kept.

"You are still so frugal when you are the Minister of Revenue?"

"It's not okay to be frugal." Bai Yizhang sighed: "I have saved up my family for a lifetime and was robbed a while ago."

After saying that, he glanced at Wang Xiao, with a tacit meaning.

"What happened?" Wang Xiao pretended to be surprised and thought to himself: This old man dares to fight me head-on? He is a little brave enough...

After a while, Lu Zhengchu slowly walked out from behind, followed by three people, and Wang Xiao also knew each other.

Qin Xiaozhu, Qin Xuance, and another one is He Wan.

The Qin siblings have always been unscrupulous in the capital, but at this time they all look a little gentle and shy.

Wang Xiao dares to say that they are not so well-behaved in front of their own father.

He thought about it again, and the Liao pay was raised only after Lu Zhengchu's strong suggestion over the years. This old man was indeed the backer of the Qin family.

After seeing each other, Lu Zhengchu saw the door: "I heard that the prince-consort slapped He Liangyuan today..."

"Master, you know what you think... it's two slaps." Wang Xiao said softly.

Qin Xiaozhu lowered his head and chuckled softly with his lips.

Somehow, Wang Xiao thought she was really good-looking now.

But Lu Zhengchu would not be easily disrupted by Wang Xiao, and he said slowly: "He Liangyuan is willing to suffer this silence. I believe you have a strong trump card."

Wang Xiao also refused to deny it and said slowly: "The boss's trump card is also very thick."

"I have been an official all my life. What kind of trump cards are just some old friends." Lu Zhengchu sighed: "But more importantly, I have as many trump cards as I bear."

The old man spoke slowly, and Wang Xiao also listened patiently.

Fortunately, Lu Zhengchu didn't say much, and directly threw out his mind and asked, "Now the capital is under the control of the prince-consort. I want to ask, when will you start this... the team?"

The last two words were heard, Wang Xiao was slightly stunned, and then he started to laugh.

But Qin Xuance blinked at him over there.

"The boss thought of me because he had no money."

Lu Zhengchu sighed and said, "This winter, Jiannu is afraid that there will be another invasion, but there is still a gap of 2 million taels of Liao's salary."

"I remember the money of the Wen family..."

"If there is no money from the Wen family, the difference is five million taels."

Wang Xiao glanced at Bai Yizhang and said with a smile: "Master Bai is less greedy, maybe this gap can be smaller."

Bai Yizhang snorted: "You sent the money to the Ministry of Revenue to watch me, please ask if I took the money."

Lu Zhengchu waved his hand and said, "If the prince-consort doesn't believe me and Yi Zhang, he can let the two little kids of the Qin family escort the silver and leave the seclusion, and I will never take action."

Wang Xiao did not express his opinion, and asked again: "The old man asked me to come tonight, not only for this matter."

"No," Lu Zhengchu said slowly: "I want to reopen Dongjiang Town."

Wang Zhu listened on the side, put down the teacup, and sneered: "It's all over the place, what's the point of opening Dongjiang Town again?"

Lu Zhengchu was a little disappointed when he heard this, and the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have become deeper, and he sighed: "Even you feel so."

"It's a huge waste, and if you can't occupy Lushunkou, Jinzhou will be in vain in the end. What's more, it's too late." Wang Zhu said.

He Wan opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but Lu Zhengchu raised her hand to stop him.

Both sides were silent for a while.

Wang Xiao didn't know much about the old things about the Chu Dynasty, but he probably knew a little about Dongjiang Town.

Dongjiang Town is mainly located in the area of ​​Pi Island, on the edge of North Korea, not far from Liaodong. The Tunjun Island can summon the displaced Liaodong people, so as to penetrate deep into the Jurchens' enemies and restrain the harassment.

However, the soil environment in this place is not good and cannot be cultivated. The garrison can only rely on the imperial court to transport materials.

In the original history of the late Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, regardless of his personal merits and demerits. He did not talk about right or wrong, but only talked about cause and effect. One of the deeper reasons is that the court could not afford such expenditures and was extremely eager to occupy Mao Wenlong to self-sufficiently occupy the Liaodong Peninsula, but it did not show any results for a long time.

Even if the times change, things change and the geographical environment of the Chu Dynasty is there, even if the generals of each of them try their best, the fate of Dongjiang Town will inevitably come to an end.

After a while, Lu Zhengchu said, "The He family Jiulang behind me is a classmate and friend of the Wang family Dalang. Do you all recognize him?"

Wang Zhen stood up and said, "No, it's my junior friend."

After saying that, he smiled at He Wan and nodded.

Wang Xiao thought to himself, this is still one of my small shareholders.

Lu Zhengchu pointed for a moment and asked Wang Zhen to sit down. He said, "He Jiulang was forced to leave the sea in his early years because of his family. He was sharp and courageous in his work. I admired it very much. What is even more rare is that... he wandered in the wind and waves, especially with the ambition to guard the country. There are not many such young people in the world."

He Wan owed her body, saying that she could not afford this evaluation.

Lu Zhengchu said again: "I also understand that it is too late to open Dongjiang Town again. But He Jiulang spent several years contacting a group of maritime merchants. He said that maritime merchants were actually pirates. Some of them may have other purposes, but many of them were sincerely serving the country. In short, they wanted to use Dongjiang Town as a base and replace farming and raising soldiers with maritime trade... With the danger of duck green, they live close to the river, restraining slaves, and making the world safe."

"I can ask for the revenge edict for the rebellion of the court, but there must be elite soldiers, equipment, money and food..." He said, with his old eyes fixedly looking at Wang Xiao and asked, "What do you think of the prince consort?"

Before Wang Xiao answered, Wang Zhu had already robbed him and said, "In the year of Bingzi, Jiannu took North Korea to send troops to seize Dongjiang Town. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Chu Dynasty died, and the rest of the old Liaodong people returned to Korea. Last year, Lord Lu persuaded His Majesty to recover Dongjiang, but what happened? Nine large ships were sunk by North Korea, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died. After this battle, the Li family of North Korea became more and more surrendered to Jiannu, and regarded our Great Chu as nothing."

Lu Zhengchu smiled bitterly, stroked his knees, and couldn't help but sigh, "I have committed a serious crime to the country."

He sighed, looked up at Wang Zhu, and said, "Wang Erlang has been handling the accounts of Kun Party for us these days. We should know that the officers and family members on these nine large ships have been helping us. When they went to sea last year, I promised them..."

Wang Zhu sneered: "What if it is used? It will harm the public interest and personal gain."

Old Lu Zhengchu lost some of his charm in his eyes and said, "I know I am incompetent, so I invite the prince consort tonight to ask you to take the lead in this matter, and it is the leader. The prince consort may as well consider it carefully."

Wang Xiao understood the old fox’s plan.

Lu Zhengchu came today to invest in two businesses. The first transaction was that he was sure that he would invest money, so he asked for money directly; the second transaction, he thought he would not agree easily, so he asked for "technical investment".

Bah, after investing in technology, you still have to invest money...

Wang Xiao stood up, but Wang Zhu turned her head and looked at him, opening her mouth slightly.

Wang Xiao saw his mouth and said "Jiaodong Peninsula", and instantly understood what Wang Zhu meant: occupying Laizhou and Dengzhou, and occupying Dongjiang Town is cost-effective.

Wang Xiao looked at Wang Zhen again.

Wang Zhen looked at He Wan with a smile, as if there was a deep meaning in his eyes.

Wang Xiao understood this meaning: Let’s talk to He Wan in private.

The two brothers are so fucked. After reading the old man’s plan, it’s okay if you don’t invest, but you plan to do the same project yourself...

Anyway, without saying a word, Wang Xiao bowed and said, "Sir, let me consider it."

"That's right." Lu Zhengchu seemed a little tired, paused and said, "You're going to be sixteen soon?"

Wang Xiao said respectfully: "Yes."

"Since you have already married, you should have a word." Lu Zhengchu sighed: "I have some opportunities for you. I will start with this word, so how about it?"

Wang Zhen stood up and said, "I thanked the elder brother on behalf of my son."

Lu Zhengchu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Lu Fangweng has a poem that says, "It's so difficult to live a life, just smile and put it in it." Your name is Wang Xiao, and your name is "turn it into it"?"

Wang Xiao didn't care about this kind of thing, so Xie Li said: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, give me the name."

"I hope you can serve the country as Lu Fangweng..." After he said that, he was silent for a while, and whispered in a low voice: "I have sent you thousands of wishes for you, and I will be the Qing Dynasty in China."

Wang Xiao was slightly stunned. Looking at him, he felt that Lu Zhengchu's image gradually became clearer and blurred a little bit.

"I'm tired, you guys go first." Lu Zhengchu waved...

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